IRAN. JUVENILE SENTENCED TO DEATH

04 May 2006 :

Iran’s Etemad state daily reported that a 17-year-old boy from the central city of Isfahan was sentenced to death. He was only identified by his first name as Nemat and had been condemned to death for killing his sister's husband in a fight. The Etemad also added that a 26 years old man in Tehran identified as Saber had also been condemned to death by hanging.

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